Clothes-line.



A. H. FELDT.

CLOTHES LINE. APPLICATION FILED AUG-22, 1916.

Patented Nov. 13, 1917.

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ALFRED H. FELIDT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CLOTHES-LINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 13, 1917.

Application filed ltugust 22, 1916. Serial No. 116,312.

use where a line is stretched from a window,

porch, or other elevated point to a second support to be carried over the means in an endless belt-like form so that the clothes may be pinned or otherwise secured on the line and then by grasping the remaining length of toe line this length having the clothes pinned thereon can be run out to suspend the clothes between the supports.

An object of my invention is toprovide a suitable holder to be used at the end of the line where the clothes will be fastened on, and which holder is so arranged that it is not necessary to lean out from the window or porch as is usual, but the line may be brought in to extend within the room or upon the porch and thus the party fastening the clothes upon the line can close without fear of fallin V A further object lies in so constructing the holder that after the clothes have. been pinned or otherwisesecured on the length of the line and the same has been. run out tosuspend the clothes in the proper relation the holding means may be brought to such a relation that the window may be closed or shutters or other fixtures can be brought to and secured in the closed relation.

.Vith the above and other objects in view, my 'nvention consists in certain novel features of construction" and combinations of parts which will be hereinafter set forth in connection with the drawings and then more particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings- Figure 1 is a diagrammatic top plan view showing the device of my invention applied in use,

Fig. 2 is a view in elevation of the top as shown in Fig. 1 with portions of the structure broken away to more clearly illustrate the various elements, and

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional view to better illustrate the mounting for the line holder.

A substantially L-shaped mounting plate 1 is provided to be fitted upon a window casin porch. or other suitable support as indicated 2 and to be secured ri idly .in place thereon. by the use of screws 3, or other suitable fastening means. plate 1 has a bracket arm l extended there from and a bearing stud 5 is mounted on the outer end of this bracket arm l to eX- tend vertically upwardly therefrom.

An extension arm 6 has a bearing sleeve 7 carried at the inner end thereof and this hearing sleeve is fitted over the bearing stud 5 so that the arm has swinging movement thereon in a horizontal plane. The bearing sleeve 7 notches 8 formed therein and a latch plate 9 is mounted at the upper end of the bearing stud 5, which stud is bifurcated to receive this plate, so that as the plate is lowered and he mounting has the radially disposed I swung downwardly,- it will. restby gravity in one of the radially formed notche's 8 and will in consequence hold the bearing sleeve against turning upon the bearing stud, thus securing the arm 6 in a stationary mounting with respect to the mounting plate 1.

A post 10, or other suitable supportfor the remaining looped end of the clothes line has a pulley 11 carried thereby, and the outer end of the extension arm 6 i'sclipped around and is provided with an eye 12 in which .a line pulley 13 is mounted. clothes line 14, which may be of any suitable material and might be a twisted or braided rone era metal cable having'sufiicient flexibility to work over the pulleys 11 and 13 is looped therearound and is secured together to thus form an endless band or line so that the clothes can be placed upon one length of the line and by drawing upon the other length the first mentioned length can be moved out to suspend the clothes between the pulleys 11 and 13. At one side of the I bearing sleeve 7, a hook 15 is provided. and

this hook 15 may be used in a manner which will be hereinafter more fully set forth to hold the slack length of the clothes line 14 as the extension arm 6 may be moved by being swung around its mounting on the bearing stud 5.

In the use of the structure, the mounting plate 1 will be secured to a window casing or to a porch post or other suitable support, and when the extension arm 6 is swung around the bearing stud 5 to be disposed to project beyond the same away from the sup- The extensioirarm 6 has been swung to the relation just described, the latch plate 9 will be caught in the proper radially disposed notch 8 and thus the arm 6 will be held against swinging movement. When it is desired to again swing the arm 6 to such a relation that the window may be closed in the one instance or that this arm will be removed from the porch in the second use as mentioned, the latch plate 9 will be raised to be disengaged from the radial notch 8 in which it has been positioned and with both the lengths of the line 14% engaged over the hook 15, this arm 6 may be then swung to the position shown in Fig. 1 and engagement of the latch plate 9 in the proper notch 8 will hold the arm in this position, the placing of the line over the hook 115 acting to hold the same taut. lVhen it is desired to remove the clothes from the line, the reverse position of the parts is accomplished through a reversal of the operations as "above described and then with the line 14 left free and untrainmeled to pass around the pulleys 11 and 13, the length of the line having the clothes se cured thereon can be drawn in and the clothes removed, and to which the arm 6 may be again swung to the position shown in Fig. 1.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I have provided a clothes line holder which is so arranged that it may be attached upon a window casing in a relation that it may normally be swung to a position to permit closing of the window and when the line is to be used may be swung to extend within the room to permit the lineto be readily accessible without the necessity of leaning from the window, the parts being so arranged that following the placing of the clothes upon the line, the arm may be again swung to a position outside of the window. It will be obvious that such a device will permit the hanging and the removal of the clothes without the necessity of reaching from the window except to adjust the extension arm and the parts by which the same is held, and that under no circumstances will itbenecessary to lean from the window to place the clothes on the line or to remove the same therefrom.

' While I have herein shown and described only one specific form of the device, it will be understood that the design and arrange ment of theparts might be varied without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention, and hence I do not wish to be limited to the eXac't disclosure but rather only to such points as may be set forth" in the claim.

I claim:

A clothes line holder adapted for use in conjunction with a suitable support placed at a distance from the point of mounting of the holder, which holder comprises a mounting plate having an upstanding bearing stud, a bearing sleeve rotatably mounted on said stud, an extension arm projecting radially from said sleeve and having its free end turned and looped, a pulleymounted in' 80 said loop, a second pulley mounted on said support, a hook projecting" radially from said sleeve and at a right angle to said arm, said book being directed toward said support when said arm is in'a plane at rightangles to said support, said sleeve having notches in its upper edge, and a latch memb'er pivoted upon said stud and adapted for engagement with saidnotches to lock said i In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature sleeve in its various positions.

in presence of two witnesses. 7

ALFREDFH. FELDT. Witnesses:

Cn'a's. 'Pnrnnso v, Fnunmon STEWART.

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